Improvement in car-replacerb



R. u. WATSON.

Gar-Benlacers.

No.158, 656. Patente dlan.l2.i875.

, i v wwuesses INVENTOR ATTORNEYS i and Fig. 4 a detail view, of the same.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD 1). WATSON, on FINDLEY, onto;

IMPROVEMENT I N CAR-REP'LACERS Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,656, dated Januaiylfl, 1875; application filed October 24, 1874,

clear,'and exact description'of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon;

Figure l of thedrawing is a representation of a plan view of my device.- Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view,

This invention has relation to devices which are designed for replacin'g'nntrackcd oars upon a railway and the nature of the invention consists, mainly, in two angular blocks, the inner 0 e having track-flanges rigidly secured to the edges of its two longer sides, below the level thereof and of the track, and, the'outer angular block havin g a section of rail upon its upper surface, whereby an untracked car, when it is drawn upupon the two-blocks, will'have the flange of its front outer wheel arrested by the rail-sectiomcausing its tread to mount thereon, thereby directing the car in aproper course for engaging the flange of .the inner into a tie of a railway, will prevent the said block from sliding forward when it is forcibly struck by the front wheels of a car being replaced.

It also consists in a rail-section of the angu lar outer-block, which is pivoted thereto at or near its apex or acute angle, both sides of the inner block being of exactly the same construction, whereby the two blocks are adapted to be usedin replacing a car thrown 011 at either side of the track when going in. either direction.

It furthermore consists in metallic plates posed the car to be progressingin the direc tionof'the arrow-shown in thedrawings, and that the car had been untracked to the right. With these observations Ishall proceed with the description.

G designates the inner, and G the outer, an-

gular block, both of which are preferably of the samesize and present equal'correspondiug angles, and are provided, as to their upper surfaces,,with a metal sheathing-0'0, rigidly secured thereto. -The-ends of both of these blocks, opposite to their acute angles, are beveled downwardly,presenting inclined surfaces, to which the sheathing conforms; and the latter may be rigidly secured to the underside of the said blocks ay-means of tongues, which maybe a part of the sheathing, and which are nailed to 'the blocks. D "1) indicate trackflanges', which'are rigidly secured to long sidesv of the clock G below the level of upper sheathing; and E designates a plate, which is rigidly secured to the under side of, the said block, so that itsupturned ends, forming hooks e 2, shall project equally beyond the track-flangesD 1),

as shown in Fig. l. F designates a section of. -rail, which is pivoted at f to vibrate horizontally on the blockO, and is prevented from undue vibration by the studs f f which arearranged along both edges of the block, and by a removable pin, 1', which is inserted into a perforation'inthe' block in front of the pivot f, and slightly in rear of the front end of the rail F. Gr designates hooked plates, similar in all essentials to the plates E, and, like them, having their hooked ends projecting equally beyond the block G.

A car having left the track to the right while going inthe direction of the point of the arrow,'tl e blocks are applied to thetrack by engaging their hooks under the rail, the block 0 to the inside of the left-hand rail, and the block 0 to the outside of, the right-hand rail, as shown in Fig. 1, when the front end of the rail F will overlap the latter. The replace]: being in this position, the ear will be drawn the inner edge of the block 0 and the said rail. The forward movement of the locomotive being still continued, the right-hand front ivheelwill mount the track I and will be thereby directed to its point of junction with the rail,'within which the flange will become engaged, thus placing the front wheels of the truck upon the track. It is generally well known that the rear wheels of a truck accurately track with the front; hence, a further advance will replace the former upon the track. It it should he the case that both trucks have left the traek, e-repetition of this process will effeet alike result. If the car has left the track to the left, the relative positions of the blocks 0 G are changed, the latter hein g attached to the outside of the left-hand. track, and the for men to the inside of the right-hand track. In

this case the pin i is'withdrawn from its peri foration in the block 0, and the rail F r0 tated against the studs f and, the pin having been replaced, the blocks are ready for use.

With a View to preventing a forward displacement of the blocks 0 O, I drive a spike in front of the former and at its sides, as shown at s s in Fig. 1, and provide the rear end of the rail F with a dog, I, which has a downwardly bent spike end, j, (shown in Fig. 4,) which is-adapted to be driven into the tie B, andwhieh is preferably hinged to the said endof rail F. What Ielaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1. The combination,

stantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the pivoted rail F, of block 0, the studs f 1, and the detachable pin substantially as and for the purpose set fort 4 3.5The hooked plates E G, rigidly secured to the under side of the block 0, (said block having traelnflanges D D,) and the block (3, in combination with the rails A A, as and for the purpose set-fortln In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD DAVID WATSON.

' Witnesses:

A. BLACKFORD, I. R. CLARK.

with the detachable. block 0, of the hinged dog I and rail 1', sub 

